Water: A Shared ResponsibilityUN-HABITAT, 2006 - 584 pages A joint undertaking of the 24 UN agencies comprising UN-Water, and in partnership with governments and other entities concerned with freshwater issues, this volume, covering as it does all regions and most countries of the world, provides an up-to-date global overview of the state and uses of freshwater, critical water-related problems, and societies coping mechanisms. Drawing on an extensive database, expert analysis, case studies, and hundreds of graphic elements, it is the most comprehensive undertaking to date of freshwater assessment, providing a mechanism for monitoring changes in the resource and its management and progress towards achieving development targets, particularly the Millennium Development Goals. Building on the conclusions of the first United Nations World Water Development Report, Water for People, Water for Life, the 2006 Report confirms the ongoing, serious and growing water crisis, essentially a crisis of governance, and points to a prevalent lack of capacity and knowledge base as todays primary obstacles to achieving the necessary levels of water governance. This volume proposes a more integrated vision of water resources management to respond to changing environmental and socio-economic conditions.--Publisher's description. |
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... Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Secretariat of United Nations Conventions and Decades Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) Secretariat of the ...
... Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Secretariat of United Nations Conventions and Decades Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) Secretariat of the ...
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... economic systems are becoming linked at an unprecedented rate. Fast developing communications and transportation systems – including television, Internet and mobile phones – enable many of us to see first hand, and often in real time ...
... economic systems are becoming linked at an unprecedented rate. Fast developing communications and transportation systems – including television, Internet and mobile phones – enable many of us to see first hand, and often in real time ...
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... economic development , within an environmentally - sound integrated framework . Part 1. Changing Socio-economic Contexts Poverty impinges on individual households. 6 WATER : A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Key messages : Water is the primary ...
... economic development , within an environmentally - sound integrated framework . Part 1. Changing Socio-economic Contexts Poverty impinges on individual households. 6 WATER : A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Key messages : Water is the primary ...
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... economic. Contexts. Poverty impinges on individual households and families. In aggregate it affects approximately 1 billion people worldwide. This represents one-sixth of the total world population who, through sickness, hunger, thirst ...
... economic. Contexts. Poverty impinges on individual households and families. In aggregate it affects approximately 1 billion people worldwide. This represents one-sixth of the total world population who, through sickness, hunger, thirst ...
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... economic development . While there are clear economic benefits , there is also a downside . Problems of excessive water consumption in tourist complexes water supplies has led to instances of water diversion from farmers , effectively ...
... economic development . While there are clear economic benefits , there is also a downside . Problems of excessive water consumption in tourist complexes water supplies has led to instances of water diversion from farmers , effectively ...
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